Insulting? I only comment to the fact that several posters write like "If you don't do like I want, I'll quit the game"
That sounds like spoiled children for me.
So i'm a spoiled kid because i'm leaving now because of those changes? Leaving a game that doesn't makes fun/sense anymore, because i see a huge issue with the formula used in tourneys, is childish?
I'm okay with the fact that you like everything about the new changes and i'm also fine that you want to adapt to those changes. If that's still fun for you, go for it.
For me, those changes have a big impact on a core part of the game that was fun for me. I liked to build/expand how i like, without any negative consequences. I had "fun" by building things that are not that useful (like the bell towers) by buying expansions i only used for that stuff. Now that fun-part of my city has negative consequences and if i want to take part at the tourneys efficiently, i have to get rid of that fun part, dedicating it all to the tourney.
Ofc i could just continue like i did before, but knowing the fact that i get penalized for "fun" i wasn't penalized before, for reasons i don't see the need for, is just off my mind. I'm playing games for fun, if the fun part is gone (or penalized), i stop playing. I don't see the childish thing there, it's just a simple actions -> consequences thing.